ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on the role of natural disasters, agrarian structures, agricultural policy (agricultural price) and economic development trends in recent food shortages in Africa South of Sahara - includes a comparison of food production and agricultural product export volume;...

The authors re-assess the informal sector in French-speaking Africa. They first look at the classical interpretations of how the informal sector is perceived in the context of development: as a result of international capitalism or as a correction to an unbalanced development. They situate the...

Reviews from a comparative perspective the context, mandate, work process, reports, and impact of eleven commissions, including, e.g., the Brandt Commission on North-South cooperation, the Brundtland Commission on environment and development.